LEADER 03318nam 2200637 a 450 001 9910455372003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-280-69684-2 010 $a9786613673800 010 $a0-8093-8696-8 010 $a1-4416-1954-2 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787833 035 $a(EBL)1354406 035 $a(OCoLC)817089049 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000112937 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11131410 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112937 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10088448 035 $a(PQKB)11013406 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1354406 035 $a(OCoLC)551503945 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse19272 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1354406 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10555644 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL367380 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787833 100 $a19910313d1992 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War$b[electronic resource] /$fHoward C. Westwood ; with a foreword by John Y. Simon 210 $aCarbondale $cSouthern Illinois University Press$dc1992 215 $a1 online resource (204 p.) 300 $aPaperback edition 2008. 311 $a0-8093-2881-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Lincoln's Position on Black Enlistments; 2. Grant's Role in Beginning Black Soldiery; 3. Benjamin Butler's Enlistment of Black Troops in New Orleans in 1862; 4. Generals David Hunter and Rufus Saxton and Black Soldiers; 5. Mr Smalls: A Personal Adventure; 6. Captive Black Union Soldiers in Charleston-What to Do?; 7. Sherman Marched-and Proclaimed ""Land for the Landless""; 8. The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution 327 $a9. Company A of Rhode Island's Black Regiment: Its Enlisting, Its ""Mutiny,"" Its Pay, Its Service10. The Reverend Fountain Brown: Alleged Violator of the Emancipation Proclamation; Index; Author Bios; Back Cover 330 $aRecounting the experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War In the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of black men who were admitted to military service and the wrenching problems associated with the shifting status of African Americans during the Civil War. Black Troops, White Commanders, and Freedmen during the Civil War covers topics ranging from the roles played by Lincoln and Grant in beginning black soldiery to the sensitive issues that arose when black soldiers (and their whi 606 $aAfrican Americans$xHistory$yTo 1863 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xAfrican Americans 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xHistory 676 $a973.7/415 700 $aWestwood$b Howard C.$f1909-$01040598 701 $aSimon$b John Y$09806 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455372003321 996 $aBlack troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War$92463592 997 $aUNINA